Open AccessUnplanned early return to the emergency department by older patients: the Safe Elderly Emergency Department Discharge (SEED) project
Author(s) -
Judy Lowthian,
Lahn Straney,
Caroline Brand,
Anna Barker,
P. de Smit,
Harvey Newnham,
Peter Hunter,
Cathie Smith,
Peter Cameron
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv198
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , logistic regression , prospective cohort study , polypharmacy , emergency medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry
an emergency department (ED) visit is a sentinel event for an older person, with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes post-discharge including early re-presentation.
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